Articles by Hank Sims

January 2015

First Tribal Marijuana Grow Op in Northern California Will Be Announced ‘Within the Next 48 Hours’

Volunteers Sought for Point-In-Time Count of Humboldt’s Homeless Population

OBITUARY: John G. Lenardo IV, 1962-2015

(UPDATED) Man Electrocuted While Working at Sierra Pacific Mill

NEW FROM LoCO LABS: Choose Your Own Lost Coast Outpost Commenting Experience!

OBITUARY: Merry Martha Maloney, 1941-2014

December 2014

Let’s Round Out the Year With One Last Quadcopter Flight Through the Forest

HERE YOU GO: The Top 27 Lost Coast Outpost Posts of 2014!

Humboldt Kinetic-dom in Mourning After Sudden Death of Beloved Rutabaga Queen

Flatmo’d: Episode VII: The DUMB-Pire Talks Smack

[UPDATED] MANILA RESIDENTS: Do Not Use Your Sewage System At All For A While, Please!

Sudden Violent Squalls Causing Some Chaos Around the County

Arcata Store Manager Robbed at Gunpoint Yesterday; Personal Items, Daily Cash Deposits Taken By Masked Criminal

If You Shopped at Eureka’s Staples Outlet In August or September, Hackers May Well Own Your Credit Card Number

Aha! Sheriff’s Office Weighs In on Yesterday’s Tasing

CHP: Person Shot and Killed Yesterday Confirmed to be 17-Year-Old Hoopa Boy; Officer Suffered Major Injuries in Machete Attack

A Guy Was Tased By Law Enforcement in Front of a McK Store Yesterday, But It’s Not Really Clear Why

Would-Be Car Burglar Foiled By Alert Lundbar Hills Resident

Dramatic River Rescue in Darkness Near Willow Creek This Morning; Crash Happened Just Down the Road From CHP Shooting

Sheriff’s Office: Weed, Coke and Cartel-Related Trinkets Found in Yesterday’s Loleta Raid

County Health: This Year’s Flu Strains Deadlier Than Usual; Vaccinations Available

Yesterday’s BB Gun Shooting Near Eureka High Turned Out to be Just Kids Being Dumb

Sheriff’s Office: Last Night’s Swain’s Flat Shootings Followed Home Invasion

HOMICIDE: Boy Found Stabbed Off McFarlan Street; EPD Investigating

Humboldt Bay Fire Responding to Myrtle Avenue Blaze

Sheriff’s Deputy Fires on Suspects Attempting to Flee; One Injured, One Arrested

Memorial Announced for Toddler Who Died at Big Lagoon

RAINAGEDDON II: The Rerainening!

Arrests Made in the Case of Baby Abandoned in Drug House

Highway 36, Many County Roads in SoHum and Eel River Valley Still Closed

Eureka Homeowner Chases Down Suspected Burglar, Recovers Own Property

National Weather Service Scales Back Flood Predictions; Minor Flooding Expected at Fernbridge Friday Morning

BE ON THE LOOKOUT: Single Mom’s Honda & Xmas Shopping Stolen in Eureka Right Before Rainageddon

Cow Chooses Death on the Freeway Over Auction; Northbound Hwy 101 Blocked Near Fortuna

LoCO SPORTS! All-Star Mad River United Elite Squad to Rep Humboldt Fútbol in Spain

White House Names Blue Lake Rancheria One of the Nation’s 16 ‘Climate Action Champions’

Weitchpec Homeowner Shoots Out Tires of Alleged Robbers, Holds Them at Gunpoint ‘Til the Sheriff’s Office Arrives

MAP: Lefty Neighborhoods Carry School Bonds to Victory, Conservative Ones Doom Them to Defeat

Eureka Police POPs Six in Union Street Dope Den Bust

MAP: Here’s How Eureka Voted for City Council and the $12/hr Minimum Wage

Body Found in Arcata Creek; Coroner, APD Investigating

Here’s How Your Neighborhood Voted on the GMO-Banning Measure P

Arson Suspected in Early Morning Fire at St. Bernard’s Church

November 2014

Trinidad Blesses its Fleet

EPD: Two Arrested, ‘Vast Amount’ of Garbage Removed from Palco Marsh in Follow-Up to Last Week’s Shooting

Avoid Black Friday Death Tolls: Shop Local With the LoCO Holiday Shopping Guide!

Voter Transparency Project Initially Comes Up With Very Slighty Different Bergel/Newman Results

Water Main Bursts Off Broadway, Shutting Down Service to Some

Loleta Cheese Company, a Beloved Eel River Valley Institution, Declares Bankruptcy

EPD: Cache of Weapons Found in Devil’s Playground Camp Following Accidental Shooting